Discover the Blue Peter Book Awards 2021 longlist
Since the year 2000, the prestigious Blue Peter Book Awards have gone to the very best authors, illustrators, and books for children.
We're incredibly excited to share the longlist for 2021! Find out more about the prize and this year's competition here.
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Question Everything! An Investigator's Toolkit
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Question Everything! An Investigator's Toolkit
This small but informative non-fiction book is an invaluable guide to help young people understand the vast quantities of informat…
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A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You
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A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You
A very unusual fact book with laugh-out-loud strip cartoons about everything from eyeballs to Bactrian camels.
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Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
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Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
Tamarind's mum died when she was a baby, so when she goes to stay with her family deep in the Himalayan mountains she's destermine…
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Be Plastic Clever
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Be Plastic Clever
An empowering book by the founders of Kids Fight Plastic on how we can live a more eco-friendly lifestyle and reduce our everyday …
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Llama Out Loud
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Llama Out Loud
Yasmin is the quiet one in a really loud family, until Levi the magic toy llama comes along and forces everyone to listen to her.
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Professor Astro Cat’s Deep Sea Voyage
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Professor Astro Cat’s Deep Sea Voyage
Professor Astro Cat is back with his friends Gilbert, Martha, Felicity, Evie and Astro Mouse, setting sail on an incredible deep s…
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I Like Animals... What Jobs Are There?
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I Like Animals... What Jobs Are There?
This informative non-fiction picture book provides invaluable information for children who are considering an animal-related caree…
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A Kind of Spark
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A Kind of Spark
When 11 year old Addie, who is autistic, learns about the 16th century women who were persecuted for witchcraft, she starts to lob…
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The Humans
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The Humans
This highly-illustrated reference book celebrates the incredible achievements of various ancient civilisations, exploring their li…
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Adventures on Trains: The Highland Falcon Thief
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Adventures on Trains: The Highland Falcon Thief
Hal doesn't want to join his uncle on the Highland Falcon as it makes its way to Scotland - but when he meets Lenny, a s…
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The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
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The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Against the backdrop of a stunning South Asian landscape, three youngsters are on the run from the King’s guards – on an elephant!…
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Where the Wilderness Lives
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Where the Wilderness Lives
When Cara and her siblings find a mysterious safe, they're desperate to find out what's inside - but their plans are waylaid when …
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Copycat Science
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Copycat Science
Full of fascinating facts, this compact non-fiction comic book provides a superb introduction to over 40 key STEM (science, techno…
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Fearless! How to be your true, confident self
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Fearless! How to be your true, confident self
A self-help guide for youngsters struggling with self-esteem, peer pressure or ‘fitting in’.
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Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck
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Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck
Following a badly timed sneeze at a funfair, Riley finds himself cursed - everything he does is doomed to be a complete disaster, …
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Anisha Accidental Detective: School's Cancelled!
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Anisha Accidental Detective: School's Cancelled!
Can Anisha Mistry find out who sabotaged her science experiment and flooded the school with foam when all the potential suspects h…
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Who Do You Think You Are?
This interactive book contains 20 psychological profiling tests for young people to complete, along with information about the thi…
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